There were delays of up to seven hours yesterday. How is that possible? Is that true? Listen, We're 3,000 air traffic controllers short and it's going to take time to train up those controllers. Let me just explain one quick thing. If you have a controller who, say, works in the D.C. airspace, they've been in the job for 20 years, they're experienced. (03:21–03:27)
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